Gr.

7 Data Management: Graphing Assignment

*All answers should be written on a separate piece of paper organized by
question number. Please number all graphs with the appropriate question
number.
1. Favourite Foods: Data Collected
Pizza, chips, other, pop, pizza, pizza, other, chocolate, chocolate, pop, pop,
chips, pizza, chips, other, pizza, chocolate, chocolate, pizza, chips, chips,
pop, pizza, pizza, chocolate, other, other, chips, other
Make a tally chart including frequency for the information above. Then
draw a bar graph displaying this data. Dont forget your labels and titles!
A survey asked 100 students for the type of television program they
preferred. Make a pictograph to display this information
Type of Program
Number of Students
Comedy
20
Drama
9
Informative
21
Science Fiction
27
Sports
15
Game Show
8
2. Here is data outlining the water temperature for Lake Ontario
Month
Water Temperature (degrees
Celsius)
January
0
February
0
March
1
April
2
May
5
June
10
July
18
August
21
September
19
October
12
November
7
December
3

Create a line graph to represent this data and answer the following
questions.
a) What does the data tell you?
b) How do you know?
c) Is it reliable?
d) If we have a warm fall what can you predict will happen to the data?
3. Write an unbiased survey question. What makes it unbiased? Re-write
it to be a biased question.
4. Roger wanted to find out how many people in his school were from
India. He conducted a survey with the results below:
Country
Number of People
India
45
China
39
Philippines
27
Russia
21
Pakistan
17
Other
5
Write each country as a percent of the total and find the size of each angle
for the circle graph
Country
Percent of Total
India
China
Philippine
s
Russia
Pakistan
Other

Size of Angle

Graph your data on the circle graph provided.

Data Management Summative Rubric

Categories
Knowledge
and
Understanding

Level 1
Demonstrates
limited
understanding
of concepts

Level 2
Demonstrates
some
understanding
of concepts

Level 3
Demonstrates
considerable
understanding
of concepts

Level 4
Demonstrates
thorough
understanding
of concepts

Uses processing
skills with
limited
effectiveness

Uses processing
skills with some
effectiveness

Uses processing
skills with
considerable
effectiveness

Uses processing
skills with a high
degree
effectiveness

Uses
conventions,
vocabulary and
terminology
with limited
effectiveness

Uses
conventions,
vocabulary and
terminology
with some
effectiveness

Uses
conventions,
vocabulary and
terminology
with
considerable
effectiveness

Uses
conventions,
vocabulary and
terminology
with a high
degree
effectiveness

Knowledge of
content/
understanding
of
mathematical
concepts
Thinking
Use of
processing
skills:
Carrying out a
plan, making a
plan for
solving the
problem

Communicatio
n
Use of
conventions,
vocabulary,
and
terminology of
the discipline.
Communicatin
g
mathematical
ideas and
solutions in
writing or
visual
contexts

Application
Making
connections
within and
between
various
contexts
Application of
knowledge
and skills in
familiar
contexts
Next steps:

Makes
connections
within and
between various
contexts with
limited
effectiveness

Makes
connections
within and
between various
contexts with
some
effectiveness

Makes
connections
within and
between various
contexts with
considerable
effectiveness

Makes
connections
within and
between various
contexts with a
high degree of
effectiveness